Pair charged in armed robbery in Lansdowne

LANSDOWNE -- Three days after a late-night armed robbery and assault, two alleged gunmen were identified and arrested after allegedly using the victim's credit card.

Dennell Hairston, 20, of the first block of West Greenwood Avenue, Lansdowne, and Lonell Chestnut, 20, of the 3800 block of West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, were arraigned and jailed in lieu of posting bail on charges of robbery and related offenses.

According to the affidavit prepared by Sgt. Daniel Donegan, a 56-year-old man was attacked shortly before midnight Sept. 30 on the 100 block of Windermere Avenue while taking a walk.

Two men allegedly grabbed him from behind and were yelling for him to get down on the ground.

"One of the males pointed a gun at the victim's head and then knocked or forced him to the ground," Donegan wrote in the document. "One of the males began rummaging through the victim's pockets. The males took the victim's wallet, (a Samsung slide) cellphone and watch."

The wallet contained the victim's bank cards, a blank check and personal cards.

On Oct. 1 the victim notified police about activity on his debit cards for an online purchase totaling $556 to be sent to a house on Greenwood Avenue.

A search warrant was served Oct. 2 and police recovered personal cards belonging to the victim and a Samsung slide phone inside the house and the victim's Timex analog watch in the grass near the curb.